Techie Than

Continuing on from my last post about setting up RemoteApp on Windows XP. I needed to make the old application available to multiple users, so I have decided to modify the Terminal Service in my WinXP box to allow multiple remote session. I found the instructions here . It's pretty simple. You just need to replace termsrv.dll file and apply some registry changes. But you do have to consider that Windows XP employs a Windows File Protection system that detects when system files are changed and replaces it back with the original microsoft version of it. Here's what I did: Grab the file termsrv_sp3_patch.rar from the link above. Back the file C:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll into another location.  Open service.msc and change the Start-up property of the Terminal Service to Disabled Restart the computer. After restart, delete the file termsrv.dll from the following locations C:\windows\sytem32\ C:\windows\system32\dllcache C:\windows\ServicePacks\x86 Copy the termsrv.dll file from...

We are using a very old DOS-based system here in the office that is critical to our operations. Unfortunately, it requires IPX protocol and since it's only available on Windows XP (or Windows 2000/2003 servers), I can't upgrade our users' computers to Win 7 or 8. With Window XP now at it's end of support, I need to start migrating to the newer OSes. Short of setting up XP-mode on each one of the new computers, I found a way to make the DOS-based program still available by setting up a Windows XP box as a Terminal Server and using remoteApp to make it appear as if they are only opening the application and not a Remote Desktop session. So what needs to be installed are: Install Microsoft's official Update for Windows XP SP3 to enable RemoteApp To simplify the setup, instead of manually changing registries and modifying RDP files, I opted to use this very handy tool call RemoteAppTool from Kim Knight. You can download here . Once those are installed, logon to the termi...